Mathematics without apologies : portrait of a problematic vocation / Michael Harris.
| Author/creator | Harris, Michael, 1954- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015] |
| Description | xxii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications--this book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and fears of mathematicians in the twenty-first century, assembling material from a startlingly diverse assortment of scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-421) and indexes. |
| Language | Text in English. |
| ISBN | 9780691154237 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0691154236 hardcover |